Court sentences two to 14 years imprisonment for homicide in Kano

A Kano State High Court sitting successful Bompai has sentenced 2 young men to 14 years’ imprisonment without the enactment of a good aft uncovering them blameworthy of culpable homicide.

The court, presided implicit by Justice Hadiza Sulaiman, delivered the judgement connected Monday, April 27, 2026, aft concluding proceedings proceedings.

The Kano State Government had arraigned the defendants, Nafi’u Garba and Abdulmajeed Garba, some residents of Dakata successful Nasarawa Local Government Area, connected charges of transgression conspiracy and homicide.

According to the prosecution, the incidental occurred connected March 16, 2019, astatine astir 8:15 p.m., pursuing a quality betwixt the deceased, identified arsenic Surajo, and Nafi’u Garba implicit a marriage-related issue. The altercation reportedly escalated aft the deceased slapped Nafi’u, provoking him to mobilise a radical of youths.

The prosecution alleged that the defendants and others attacked Surajo, inflicting injuries that led to his death.

During the trial, the prosecuting counsel, Lamido Abba Soron Dinki, presented 3 witnesses whose testimonies the tribunal described arsenic credible and convincing. The defendants, however, denied the charges and presented their defence, which the tribunal subsequently dismissed.

Justice Sulaiman held that the prosecution had successfully proved the offence of conspiracy and culpable homicide. However, the tribunal reviewed the circumstances of the lawsuit and t...